April 1957

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Upper Atmosphere Rocket Research Panel was renamed the Rocket and Satellite Research Panel. Its chairman was James A. Van Allen of the State University of Iowa.

A. Dollfus flew from Paris, France, on a cluster of 100 weather balloons to an altitude of 42,000 feet.

“Rockets Explore the Air Above Us” article appears in National Geographic Magazine

"The Earth Satellite Project" cover story appears in Newnes Practical Mechanics showing something that looks remarkably like Sputnik 1, which would not be launched for another six months.

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